Archive for the 'Roleplaying Games' Category

Dungeons and Dragons Fourth Edition - Combat’s Changing

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

The Wizards of the Coast website has a new Design and Development article displaying a sample round of combat against a dragon.
It’s a pretty interesting article and as with previous revisions to D&D, it reveals the writing on the wall. The “Complete” books have started including feats, class features, and styles which [...]

More Reviews

Wednesday, October 26th, 2005

Again, despite FanPro’s claims that the book would be published on the 10th and available later that week, Shadowrun 4th Edition print version is still MIA. Mysterious Post-Publication SR4 Blackhole, 2. FanPro, 0.
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Yet another crop of books to look at. I’ve got four new ones, but I’ll only be giving you some details on the [...]

Eberron: the Campaign Setting I Wrongly Spurned

Sunday, October 9th, 2005

The Eberron Campaign Setting was a new introduction to the Dungeons and Dragons world in June of 2004 and I immediately pushed it aside as yet another D&D campaign setting which would fall by the wayside because it lacked mainstream appeal.
To read this book (and the article, for that matter) the way it was meant, [...]

Reviews

Monday, October 3rd, 2005

Despite the claims that they would, it seems local distributors don’t actually have Shadowrun 4th Edition yet. The waiting for a print version continues.

I managed to scrape the funds to buy a few new books, and so figured I should grace you all with my thoughts. From oldest to newest, they are:
Libris Mortis
Complete Adventurer
Dungeon [...]

Stiggybaby’s is Closing

Saturday, September 17th, 2005

The Stiggybaby website has been an excellent source for a ton of roleplaying books, usually offering prices below what Amazon can offer on all books - and having a wider selection.
However, they’ve decided they can no longer remain competitive, so they are closing down. As such, they’re marking all inventory down. Take a [...]